praevinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praevinciō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈu̯iːnk.tus/, [präe̯ˈu̯iːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈvink.tus/, [preˈviŋkt̪us]

Participle

praevīnctus (feminine praevīncta, neuter praevīnctum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been bound in front; having been fettered
   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 15.10.2:

     Id cum accideret in dies crebrius neque animis earum mori perseverantium medicina adhiberi quiret, decrevisse Milesios ut virgines quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent, ut hae omnes nudae, cum eodem laqueo quo essent praevinctae efferrentur.

     • Translation by John C. Rolfe

       When this happened more frequently every day, and no remedy had any effect on their resolve to die, the Milesians passed a decree that all those maidens who committed suicide by hanging should be carried to the grave naked, along with the same rope by which they had destroyed themselves.

   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.2.3:

     Istae autem voluptates duae gustus atque tactus, id est libidines in cibos atque in Venerem prodigae, solae sunt hominibus communes cum beluis et idcirco in pecudum ferorumque animalium numero habetur, quisquis est his ferinis voluptatibus praevinctus;

     • Translation by John C. Rolfe

       But those two pleasures of taste and touch, namely, gluttony and venery, are the only ones common to man with the lower animals, and therefore whoever is enslaved to these beastly pleasures is regarded as in the number of brutes and beasts;

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praevīnctus	praevīncta	praevīnctum		praevīnctī	praevīnctae	praevīncta
Genitive	praevīnctī	praevīnctae	praevīnctī		praevīnctōrum	praevīnctārum	praevīnctōrum
Dative	praevīnctō		praevīnctō		praevīnctīs
Accusative	praevīnctum	praevīnctam	praevīnctum		praevīnctōs	praevīnctās	praevīncta
Ablative	praevīnctō	praevīnctā	praevīnctō		praevīnctīs
Vocative	praevīncte	praevīncta	praevīnctum		praevīnctī	praevīnctae	praevīncta